Improvement in bale-ties



UNtrED STATES WILLIAM B. HAYDEN,

OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-TIES.

Specitication forming part of Letters Patent No. 179,654, dated July 11,1876 application tiled June 23, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. HAYDEN, of Columbus, in the county ot'Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a'new and use ful Improvementin Cotton and other Baling Ties and Hoops or Bands; and I do herebydecla-re that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference heilig had to the accompanying drawings, forming partlof this specification, 1n which- Figure l is a perspective view of thefastening-loop of the hoop or band. Fig. 2 is an inside face view of thehoop or band. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the fastening-loop andthe band, the parts being as they appear when being looped around a baleof cotton or.ha'y. Fig. 4 is a similar 'section to Fig. 3, the partsbeing as they appear when looped around a bale of hay or cotton. Fig. 5is a section of a bale of hay or cotton withn my improved hoop and loopapplied around it.

The nature of my invention consists in the combination of a tie-loop, ashereinafter specified, and iron bale bands or hoops, which arere-enforced and strengthened transversely at thepoints where the straincomes by projecting ribs, which serve as retaining devices.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I willproceed to describe it.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the metal band or hoop, and Btransverse ribs formed on its under surface at proper intervals apart,and entirely around the band, or on a portion thereof, beginning nearone end, and terminating at a proper distance therefrom, as found mostdesirable. I prefer to have the ribs a little shorter than the width ot'the band, and to provide them throughout the length of the band,excepting that portion where the loop C is attached, and

where they might interfere with the doubling otl the metal for formingthe eye for receiving the back cross-bar of the fastening-loop, and alsowhere they inightpossibly interfere With the insertion of the fasteningend of the band under the loopholding end of the band after it haspassed through the eye of the loop.

The ribs embed themselves slightly' into thev cotton or hay, and preventthe band or hoop from slipping, and also serve as the retainingfastening in connection with the loop.

The loop C is a frame with three cross-bars, t b c. The top surface ofthe cross-bar a is below the plane'of the bottom surface of the cross-bar b a distance equal to the thickness ofthe band, less the thicknessofthe ribs B, and the bottom surface of the eye d, formed of the metalof the hoop by doubling around the cross-bar c, is ou .a plane with thetop surface ot' bar a, and a little below the plane of the bottomsurface of bar b, as shown.

rIhe band or hoop A and loop O are made I secure at the point where theyare connected together, either by swaging, welding, brazing, orotherwise uniting the surfaces ot' the doubled portion. The band orhoop, with loop connected to one of its ends, is placed around thecotton or other bale in the usual manner, and the fastening end oftheband or hoop inserted on an angle through the eye ot' the loop, betweenthe cross-bars a b', as illustrated in Fig. 3, until the rib which is toform the lock or fastening gets behind the bar a, when, thecotton-balebeing released from its compressor, the parts are, by theexpansion of the cotton, made to assume the condition shown in Figs. 4and 5, in which condition the rib prevents the band slipping out of theloop.

It will be apparent that when the pressure' due f to the expansion ofthe cotton comes against the end of the band which is inserted, this endof the band is caused, by-bearing against the eye portion d of the band,to act as a lever upon that part of the band which bears upon the bar a,and a tirni contact between the loop and the fastened end of the bandmaintained. Thus, it will be seen that with the simplest means possiblea perfect fastening is provided, and which fastening lis very strong, asits retaining device is formed or provided on thc hoop or band withoutperforating the band. Furthermore, the retaining-rib, which is incontact with the loop, is assisted in its work by the numerous otherretaining-ribs, which are embedded into the cotton or hay. The bands arealso adapted for various-sized bales, as either the rst, second, third,or any other` proper one of the ribs near the end ot' .the hoop maybensed as the rib tol bear against the front bar a. of the loop.

In thedrawings the ribs are shown formed ot' metal homogeneous withtheband metal, and without perforating the band. tion I adopt, asitavoids weakening thel band by rivet-holes or pertorations, and ispreferable to Welding or brazing the ribs4 upon the band, on account ot'its greater durability and 'cheapness i its ribs formed in this specialmanner, as such band or hoop iron I have lelaimed under anotherapplication.

This construo- Having described my invention, what I claim, and desiretor secure by Letters Patent,

The loop C, formed with oross-harsmb, and c. constructed and arranged asdescribed, in combination with the band or hoop provided with transversestrengthening and retaining ribs on its under surfaee, substantially asde-

